Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-01
TEE FLOODS
The Brazos at Waco Within twenty
Seven Inches of the Disastrous
Flood Of Two Years Ago;
Gre9' 8Hmage Done al Morgan, HiCO,
Whitney, Clifton sIG HiIIsb0ros
Many NArr0w Escapes.
iredelA most EntIrsIy Sv.ep, AWAY Man
Drowned at n rridisn-T ho KaiIyzays
the Heaviest Losers.
The Situation at waco.

Special to The Gazette.
WACO, Tx, Aug. 5I-As was wired
LAST night the Brazos river at this point
commenced rising yesterday anu by TO-
O'Clock last night had swollen ncarly
twenty feet deep. An inundation. how
ever, was not anticipated until about L.
m, when the steady Use Of the waters
-Old that the Hood wss inevitable. East
Waco is the only portion OF the crrg that
can be seriously oEact5d By an nuads-
ton, and the dWtiIeUs in that ward a.
once proceeded 70 put heir houses IL or
der. Gangs Of men went to WORK and
tOiled all night removing merchandise
from stores, white others assisted in the
removal OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
and household goods from residences
within the supposed danger line.
The waters gradually increased upon the
level and end cut It's bank The river
soon spread over s great eXpause Of land.
At sunrise this morning at least fifty
houses were IN the water from five 70
tlteen feet deep, while the same state Of
affairs prevailed on two business streets,
flooding perhaps dozen stores, the
Houston and Texas Central depot grounds
and yards, the BrEZos Compress, two
lumber yards, four brick wards, and sew
ersl farms COntiau Us II the same. AL
sorts Of debris came rushing past on the
hood small houses, cattle, trees, cotton,
! household goods, elc. BY 10 o'cIcck
t1is morning the water lsC6ed
TWENTY-5EysN INCHES
OF the height STAINED ~ the disastrous
inurdalion If two wears $50. q. s
N. the river wSs ST stand
aud st p. II. it bsGsn 10 su7side slowly.
The hood is over Uale. fresh end heavy
rains tonight shall give new Impulse.
The damage 30 property and crops is
heavy and must reach several thousand
dollars, but will not reach - great an
amount as in 80. Tlis is due chiefly to
the fact that neary al the m-rc1a8dise
/ in the stores was removed last night
| The greatest losses are - the brick yaIds
! The CentraI Railroad people saved vast
quantities of freight
BY PROMPT ACTION.
West of the river few houses
were submerged, but the damage
is nominal. Railroad travelling or
movement of trains is nearly suspended
because of bridges and track washed
I a ray on tie various lines. The Ceutre
RHGQ is neaVy Sune[tr IL LnlS respect
on its Waco and Albany branches where
several miles of track ani bridges are
gone. No trains will move OH his branch
until tomorrow, ST least. East Of here
/ the Central is all right and has moved its
trains to-day. The Missouri Pacific
/ brought in tram from Taylor this morn
/ ing and sent one south this evening. but
has not attempted to go north # Waco.
/ The Cotton Belt had one train from the
/ west but
NONE FROM THE EAST.
All three roads think they can move
trains es usual by tomorrow.
Reports from adjacent towns are
meager, owing to the prostration of tel
egraph wires. Every effort to commuui-
cate with Whitney, Hill county, today
hos failed, but reports received last night
indicate considerable damage without
any loss Of life. There are several SINH
lar reports frem Clifton and Bosque
county. The damage Of farm products
in the Brazos valley must necessarily ae
heavy.